IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH071S17
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH071-S17
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HY-s17
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70473
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Madison Twp. 4 mi. SW of Greenfield on St.Rt. 138 1300 ft. NW of county road corner and 200 ft. E of the county road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH071—Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dotson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002187. Slightly plastic when wet.
    A2—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; strong fine angular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002188. Slightly plastic when wet.
    Bg1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; 33 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; 33 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002189. Sticky.
    B2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; 33 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002190. Plastic.
    B3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; strong coarse angular blocky structure; 33 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0002191. Plastic. Noticeable increase in grittiness below 36 inches.
    BC—102 to 198 centimeters (40.2 to 78.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; 33 percent fine distinct gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0002192
    C—198 to 216 centimeters (78.0 to 85.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; 33 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0002193